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Friday, June 13, 2014

{Persian Cucumbers & Slicer}

As stated before, both my husband and I are the son and daughter of a market gardener so again, knowing cucumbers is not foreign to us. But Dad grew the long English cucumbers and now we saw these Persian Cucumbers at Trader Joe's. Had to try them out!

Yes, this is their size and as you can see inside my hand they are not large.

Seedless, sweet and crunchy product of Canada.

We know in the Ontario region there are a lot of market gardeners with Dutch last names...

But we, being Dutch by birth, never actually did slice them as thick as shown above!
Unless you want to eat them just raw.

Being seedless is an added bonus too, no need for scooping out the seeds with a spoon, after cutting the cucumber lengthwise.

No, we don't peel them but they get sliced paper thin on this typical Dutch slicer!

Below my post you will find some links to e.g. a Japanese slicer that is available here in the USA.

This time I used Greek yogurt with some grated garlic and fresh ginger.

That's how it looks like...
Not quite the same as the Greek Tzatziki for which lemon juice and dill gets added to the garlic, no fresh ginger.

These are English Cucumbers but just to show you different ways of preparing them.
Here I used some olive oil with natural vinegar and Italian herbs.

When I was in Japan in July of 2007, one of our sister city members went to the early vegetable and fruit market for buying. He was so kind to make photos for me from all the fresh produce.
Guess these are small, Persian looking cucumbers as well, with daikon it looks like.
My Japanese blogger friends for sure can fill me in on that...

Your ingredients look really delectable♡♡♡ and we use same type of slicers. I enlarged the last picture and read the tag p;) It is seasoned with source which contains soy source and vinegar etc. It's a kind of pickles, I think it has refreshing tastes which goes very well with cooked rice (*^_^*)

Sending you lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend Mariette, xoxo Miyako*

I has grow cucumbers ground over in expermented has in my garden!I'm getting a vegie bed ready for broccoli eating I had fresh organic vegetable are hibridised last few days in garden.I used only soy source and vinegar nothing use ather thingd. It must be secret to fantastic to eat for not too fat sise for US All RADYS ha haHugs and love to always!Michiko

Those of course are the size of cucumbers we get here. When the kids were little and we'd go back to the States, they hated eating cucumbers because they were so big and had all the seeds. The smaller ones are much nicer, we think, for eating raw which is done with many meals here ... or for adding to salads. :) Have a great day. Tammy

Dearest Mariette,First of all, a big big hug from Rhodes!!!!! My time online is very limited here, but I haven't forgotten you! Thank you for your sweet comments on my FB page, and I hope you are doing well and enjoying summer! This all looks delicious... and perfect for a hot sunny day in Greece! :) Locally grown cucumbers are sold at local markets at very good prices... and Greek yogurt... well, we have it right here! :)Many hugs from Rhodes!

Dear Mariette, Great - We eat so much cucumber also - in different ways: thin sliced with vinegar, salt and pepper - great with grilled fish, tzatziki - but I cut them small in stead of shredding them - or big chunks in salad... Great vegetable. Even in a fresh smoothie they make a great addition:-) Your pictures are so great - was tempted to go find those green cucumber now.... Big hugs to you

Dearest Mariette,what a wonderful post aboout delicious and healthy cucumbers!I was laughing, because I will get cucumbers today for a lovely salad :O)Wishing you a lovely weekend and enjoy your cucumbers :O)Love and hugsClaudia...yes......post takes very long this time! Still nothing arrived here ......

Thanks Mariette for dropping a word on my blog, I don't have much time lately to blog myself!!About the word verification, I had tried your solution a few months ago but I got complaints from some followers... It seems you can never satisfy everybody at once!I switched back to what you recommend but if I get some "shouting" again I will have to revert to the infamous WF... :(Thanks for this fantastic looking recipe, will try it one these days with the summer coming up!Enjoy your weekend!

We call the Continental Cucumbers. They are just the same as yours. I love eating the like apples with out any dressing. Some times I might use vinegar and salt on them. Yum. They grow so easily here.Hugs Kay

Oh boy! I'm watching the Netherlands throw the most amazing 'head-goal against Spain for the World Cup!!!' I'm watching the WC, I love it! I also love cucumbers and yours look so delicious. Love the récipe my friend. Thanks for sharing and for the sweet and kind comment! Happy Father's Day weekend dear.FABBY

Oh yes, we slice cucumbers paper thin while keeping skin on. When I grew up in Japan, we sliced them and ate with Ponzu sauce. When cutting thick, ate with Miso. Both very good. :-) I love Greek yogurt. I have to try cucumbers with it !

Dearest Mariette,I saw your post but was not able to leave a comment. I just posted a photo on your FB of our own cucumbers. We use to slice them medium thick and eat them in a mixed greek salad (with tomatoes, peppers, oignons and feta cheese) but also on their own with olive oil , vinegar and oregano. Of course, we also grate them for the tzatziki sauce -which we had today with our mixed grill!!!.Love and kisses!!!Marie-Anne